Cinematic realism and digital special effects in Hollywood cinema
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1996
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Özgüç, Bülent
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Bilkent University
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English
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This thesis attempts to understand changing conceptions of realism in entertainment cinema by the emergence of digital special effects as an implication of new modes of production in contemporary Hollywood cinema. It focuses on the reflexive, intertextual, and hyperreal characteristics of contemporary Hollywood films. It also includes a brief overview of technological history of special effects in Hollywood cinema